[Milsurplus] [MMRCG] Navy RAS Receiver - Better Audio Fidelity?

[Paul Thekan]

Dave and all..
That pic you posted of the Navy gray RAS I own now after buying it at a
CHRS sale here. They got it at a defunct Mare Island Museum and in the
process of moving it dropped it in such a way to wreck the PW dial and bend
the tuning shaft. Replaced both dial and gear box. As you can see it's
missing the ps data tag..still.
 It's a darker gray/blue I think than yours. Though I think yours has had a
rattle can repaint as if you look on the pic, I think of the spkr panel,
you can see the back a forth spray pattern of a spray can paint job...I've
suffered  the same here
 I've ve been working on  a repaint of a gray TCS 5 rcvr cabinet to match
the front panel which is like the gray on my RAS. No luck at all here in
trying to match that gray.  Went through 5 different shades of spray cans
of gray before I found something barely close to match it to the front
panel.
 Hope you can find some data plates for your nice RAS...and the correct
control knobs

Paul
N6FEG

On Sat, Oct 14, 2023, 1:01 PM David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the reply, Ray.
> Nick has, in his RAS database, photos of a set with the
> same colour repaint as this one, which is why I think
> it's possible for it to be a depot refurb:
>
> https://www.navy-radio.com/rcvrs/ww2/ras/ras5-301.JPG
> https://www.navy-radio.com/rcvrs/ww2/ras/ras5-314.jpg
>
> Also- the original RAS speaker has a round-magnet,
> while those that appear to have been refurbed
> have the square-box magnet.
>
> In any event- I'll be hunting original tags.
> The paper ones are pretty, but I like the "real" ones.
>
> 73 DE Dave AB5S
>
>
>
>
>
> On 10/14/2023 2:47 PM, Ray Fantini wrote:
> > Looked at the pictures and have to say that I think the paint job and
> > the labels are all Ham stuff.
>
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